King James Version

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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נֶֽפֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בְּרָכָ֥הberakhahblessingבְּרָכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “blessing”, the ordinary formH1293benediction; by implication prosperityblessing, liberal, pool, present.תְדֻשָּׁ֑ןtedushananointדָּשֵׁןverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “anoint”, an unfinished actionH1878to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.וּ֝מַרְוֶ֗הumarvehand batheרָוָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “and bathe”, a verb used as a describing wordH7301to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)bathe, make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water (abundantly).גַּםgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.ה֥וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יוֹרֶֽאyoreshootיָרָהverb, hophal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shoot”, an unfinished actionH3384properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The beneficent soul shall be made rich, and he that satisfieth abundantly shall be satisfied also himself.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Young’s Literal Translation

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

World English Bible

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

Darby Translation

The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Douay-Rheims

The soul which blesseth, shall be made fat: and he that inebriateth, shall be inebriated also himself.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The beneficent soul shall be made rich, and he that satisfieth abundantly shall be satisfied also himself.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ψυχὴ εὐλογουμένη πᾶσα ἁπλῇ, ἀνὴρ δὲ θυμώδης οὐκ εὐσχήμων.